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Virat Kohli has said he was involved in a discussion with Cheteshwar Pujara over his strike rate in Test cricket during India's recent tour of the West Indies

R Ashwin picked up his 19th five-wicket haul as India wrapped up a 197-run win in their 500th Test match

New Zealand's chances in the Test series against India suffered a major blow with offspinner Mark Craig being ruled out of the rest of the series

R Ashwin has chosen AB de Villiers' wicket in Nagpur last season, getting Kane Williamson twice in this Test and dismissing Kumar Sangakkara repeatedly in Sri Lanka last year as some of the special memories in his journey to 200 Test wickets

Shane Jurgensen, New Zealand's bowling coach, has promised a fight from his side on the final day of the Kanpur Test. New Zealand need to bat out 98 overs with only six wickets in hand and 341 to win

R Ashwin put India firmly on the path to winning the Kanpur Test, grabbing three wickets in a 13-over new-ball spell that blew an early hole through New Zealand's hopes of saving it

The way Ravindra Jadeja spoke of how the match went showed the confidence India went into the match with

Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin took nine wickets between them as India bowled New Zealand out for 262 before building a commanding lead by stumps on day three

Boundary boards that didn't move to allow quicker removal of covers, an inexperienced ground staff, no PA system to let spectators know play is called off early. All packed in one day after celebrations of India's 500th Test

India have expressed frustration at what they hinted was a ploy of New Zealand batsmen to slow the game down through comfort breaks

An unbroken century stand between Tom Latham and Kane Williamson led New Zealand's response to India's first-innings total of 318, moving them to 152 for 1 before rain washed out the final session of day two

A century stand between M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara gave India the ideal start to their 500th Test, before New Zealand's five-pronged attack struck back to reduce them to 291 for 9 by stumps

Kane Williamson has stressed the importance of not "jumping at shadows" on the eve of New Zealand's first Test of their tour of India in Kanpur

At the start of a big home season, with conditions to their liking, with the required ammunition in their bag, and with batsmen world over struggling to play quality spin, Virat Kohli sounded like a captain who felt his team's time has come

India, high on confidence after their recent series wins, begin the 13-Test home season with their 500th Test in Kanpur against New Zealand, a team that has shown a bit of fear of the big occasion of late

India coach Anil Kumble spoke of the challenges faced by not just Indian batsmen, but any modern batsman batting out of his comfort zone, two days before the start of the first Test, in Kanpur

Ishant Sharma, recovering from the mosquito-borne viral infection chikungunya, will miss the first Test of the series against New Zealand, which begins on September 22 in Kanpur

Allrounder Jimmy Neesham has been ruled out of the first Test against India in Kanpur due to a rib injury

Ajinkya Rahane, the only centurion in India's last home series, has spoken of the need to bat better against the New Zealand spinners, who are a more formidable test than Simon Harmer, Imran Tahir and Dane Piedt

The Kanpur pitch, for the first Test between India and New Zealand, is cracked and somewhat dry, but is expected to hold up well, according to head groundsman Shiv Kumar